Qur’anic insights into sleep

r’anic insights into sleep Perspectives (2616) Total Article Views Authors: BaHammam AS, Gozal D Published Date July 2012 Volume 2012:4 Pages 81 - 87 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NSS.S34630 Received: 04 June 2012 Accepted: 21 June 2012 Published: 24 July 2012 Ahmed S BaHammam,1 David Gozal2 1The University Sleep Disorders Center, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 2Department of Pediatrics, Comer Children’s Hospital, Biological Sciences Division, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA Abstract: Sleep has preoccupied and fascinated many civilizations since the dawn of mankind. Here, we critically review the various elements pertaining to sleep in the context of early Islamic religion and culture. The many principles of sleep hygiene, wellbeing and health associated with adequate sleep, and the understanding of sleep as a dynamic state are all apparent from such explorative process of Islamic tradition.